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"&amp;lt;vc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;In what could be a harbinger of the U.S. &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Apple v. Samsung&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; trial, a South Korean court on Friday found both companies were guilty of infringing on each others' patents, banning sales of Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad 2 as well as a number of Samsung smartphones and tablets.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nWhile the win for both parties comes with slight financial damages equivalent to a slap on the wrist, the &amp;lt;a href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444812704577608242792921450.html\"&amp;gt;court decision&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; could be a sign of things to come in a high-stakes &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/topics/Apple_v._Samsung.html\"&amp;gt;U.S. federal case&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; as the two suits involve the same issues, reports &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Wall Street Journal&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;. \r\n\r\nEspecially telling was the three-judge panel's ruling that there was \"no possibility\" that a consumer would confuse the two companies' smartphones, and that Samsung's UI iconography doesn't infringe on Apple's patents. The two claims are at the heart of the Cupertino tech giant's U.S. case. The final tally had Apple infringing on two Samsung patents, with Samsung infringing on one Apple property.\r\n\r\nSamsung was found in violation of Apple's \"rubber-banding\" patent, a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/17/apple_samsung_rest_cases_in_patent_trial_as_testimony_phase_wraps_up.html\"&amp;gt;point of contention&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; in the counterpart U.S. suit that saw hours of expert witness testimony as counsel tried to sway jury opinion. The judgment stopped South Korean sales of Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Nexus smartphones and Galaxy Tab and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets. \r\n\r\nApple was ordered to stop sales of the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 for infringing on two Samsung wireless technology patents.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/12.08.24-iPhone4.png\" alt=\"Apple iPhone 4\" width=\"902\" height=\"157\" border=\"0\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/12.08.24-iPad2.png\" alt=\"Apple iPad 2\" width=\"998\" height=\"221\" border=\"0\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=\"minor2\"&amp;gt;The iPhone 4 and iPad 2 were still up for sale on Apple's Korean website as of Friday. | Source: &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.apple.com\"&amp;gt;Apple&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe Korean electronics giant &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/03/07/samsung_files_new_patent_infringement_suit_against_apple_in_south_korea.html\"&amp;gt;sued&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; Apple in its home country in response to the iPhone maker's April 2011 &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/18/apple_sues_samsung_for_allegedly_copying_look_and_feel_of_iphone_ipad.html\"&amp;gt;suit&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; that claimed Samsung copied the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad. A long list of complaints and countersuits followed and grew to become the worldwide court struggle the two companies face today.\r\n\r\nWhile it may appear the Seoul court had trouble coming to Friday's decision, the &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Journal&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; notes cases going through South Korea's trial system must endure a slow and laborious road to judgment. Cases are brought to a panel of judges and hearings are infrequent. Protocol is similar to other court systems around the world as judges hear arguments and ask questions of attorneys, but South Korean disputes involve comparatively less evidence. Apple and Samsung reportedly met in court an average of once a month with the sessions lasting only one or two hours. \r\n\r\nAs far as damages, Apple was ordered to pay out 20 million won, or $17,650 for each patent violation for a total of $35,300, while Samsung is to pay 25 million won, or $22,000 for its infringement. The numbers are far from the 100 million won, or about $90,000, each company sought at the start of the trial. \r\n\r\nThe Seoul court's ruling may be different than jury findings in the U.S. case, but the stakes in the California suit are substantially higher as that outcome could see damages and revenue repercussions from possible injunctions add up to billions of dollars in losses. The U.S. trial is currently in jury deliberations after &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/08/21/apple_samsung_present_closing_arguments_in_california_patent_trial.html\"&amp;gt;closing arguments&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; wrapped up on Tuesday. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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